Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Feb 22 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
New York Proposes Compensation Disclosure Rules for Agents
Feb 22 2009 // Despite earning praise from major insurance brokerages, a proposed new regimen of compensation disclosure rules for insurance producers has New York agents on edge. The draft regulations issued earlier this month include...
Michigan Blue Cross Wins Workers’ Compensation Battle
Feb 22 2009 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said he is not giving up in his battle and will appeal a judge’s ruling in support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s ownership of workers’ compensation insurance...
Who’s Worth What?
Feb 22 2009 // Agency Salary Survey: Agencies Trim Payrolls and Raises Independent insurance agencies remain reliable employers even in these rocky economic times, but even they have to cut back occasionally. Whether due to efficiencies...
Ohio Therapist to Repay Workers’ Compensation Board $2.1M
Feb 20 2009 // An Ohio man convicted of performing physical therapy on injured workers without a license has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Herman Weber sentenced Michael Stinson in federal court...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Insurer to Pay $7.5M Dividend
Feb 18 2009 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it will pay a $7.5 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in February. The pay out will bring LWCC’s cumulative total dividend paid to...
North Dakota Sticks With State Monopoly of Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Feb 13 2009 // North Dakota’s workers compensation insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House. Representatives voted 86-7 this week to defeat a bill that would have allowed North Dakota employers to buy...
Florida Approves 6.4% Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Hike
Feb 11 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a 6.4 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates. The increase applies to new and renewal business and will become effective April 1. The...
New York Proposes Compensation Disclosure Rules for Agents
Feb 6 2009 // Despite earning praise from major insurance brokerages, a proposed new regimen of compensation disclosure rules for insurance producers has New York agents on edge. The draft regulations issued earlier this week include...
North Dakota Bills Respond to Firings of Workers Compensation Whistleblowers
Feb 5 2009 // The dismissals of four employees who questioned how North Dakota’s workers compensation agency was being run showed a state law intended to guard against such firings is almost useless, a state senator believes. Sen....
Michigan Blue Cross Wins Battle Over Workers’ Compensation Business
Feb 4 2009 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is not giving up in his battle and will appeal a judge’s ruling in support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s ownership of workers’ compensation insurance...
Louisiana Only State to Add Nonfarm Jobs in December 2008
Jan 29 2009 // Louisiana was the only state in the country with an increase in nonfarm jobs from November to December 2008, the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) announced. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Louisiana...
Supreme Court: Job Bias Law Protects Workers Cooperating in Probes
Jan 28 2009 // The Supreme Court has ruled that workers who cooperate with internal investigations of retaliation by their employers are sheltered by federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. In an opinion this week, the justices held...
Ohio Moves to Limit Swings in Workers’ Compensation Premiums
Jan 27 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a rule that is expected to prevent spikes in workers’ compensation insurance costs for many employers. The cap on an...
Congressman Seeks National Review of State Workers’ Compensation Laws
Jan 27 2009 // Congressman Joe Baca, D-Calif., has introduced legislation that would authorize the creation of a National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation Laws. Baca’s National Commission on State Workers’...
Labor, Trial Lawyers Criticize Kansas Workers’ Compensation System
Jan 25 2009 // Every day thousands of Kansans, such as Delbert Young of Wichita, go to work and perform tasks that require physical labor. For Young, it was riding a bicycle from building to building at the vast Boeing Co. facility to...
Kicking Off a Good Team
Jan 25 2009 // 7 Management Lessons Insurance Agencies Can Learn from the Football Field Whether he’s leading football players or insurance agents, Bill Redell knows how to make his teams perform their best. He has more than a...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market in Good Shape, Says State
Jan 25 2009 // Availability and affordability in Florida’s voluntary workers’ compensation market overall is good, although small firms, new firms and construction firms might face affordability issues due to unique...
Insurers Propose Decrease for Nevada Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jan 22 2009 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper announced that the industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has submitted a filing for an average decrease of 4.9 percent for Nevada workers’...
North Dakota Weighs Letting Firms Self-Insure for Workers’ Compensation
Jan 20 2009 // A North Dakota state agency is the only entity that can legally sell workers compensation insurance to businesses in the state. But Minot state Rep. Dan Ruby says it’s about time the Workforce Safety and Insurance...
